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Strategic
Planning Committee
Minutes/Notes - Wednesday, April 10, 2002
Teague Library
Present: Rick
Foreman, Wes Miller, Paul Ogren, Sara Penhale, Bob Southard, Monteze Snyder,
Margaret Hampton, Tamara Clark, Kirsten Bohl
Timeline for committee's
work
We discussed a
memo from Doug proposing a new timeline for completing the work of the
Strategic Planning Committee. We felt it was important to preview our
work for the faculty this spring. We discussed the feasibility of our
continuing as a committee into the summer and early fall as needed.
White papers and
value matrix
We agreed we should
declare our work on these projects complete, knowing we can return to
them with additional information and analysis, and make changes as needed.
All the white papers are posted on the Web site except for Budget (which
Doug is working on); and Curriculum and Admissions/ Financial Aid, which
can be posted as drafts even as we are anticipating feedback from some
individuals and committees. [Note: Community Life is not yet posted;
is it ready to post?] Meanwhile, Paul will incorporate focus group data
into the "Big Ideas" Web pages in May.
Discussion of
preliminary draft report
We discussed the
preliminary draft report that Doug had distributed to the committee
the previous week. We focused primarily on the list of commitments and
priorities included in the plan. We need to be sure to reflect and incorporate
the value matrix (our strengths and weaknesses as perceived by prospective
students) as well as the input we've received from the community. We
acknowledged that many issues overlap (e.g., recruitment, enrollment,
retention provide a larger framework for what may be possible to achieve,
yet they also represent particular pieces of work to be accomplished
in the near future). What is our timeline for resolving our enrollment/budget
issues and how does that relate to the timeline of the overall strategic
plan? We agreed that what would most likely be helpful to share with
faculty yet this semester would be a preliminary list of commitments
and priorities.
We brainstormed
items that should be considered and/or included in the preliminary list
of commitments and priorities. We discussed which of these items required
financial resources and which did not. We satisfied ourselves that the
brainstormed list included all of the items from the value matrix that
were of high or medium importance to prospective students, and in which
our performance was weak or medium according to prospective students.
We noted that the list was probably too lengthy to be useful; how should
we prioritize?
We approved the minutes
for April 3 with one correction: the Admissions and Financial Aid white
paper is ready to post (but not yet posted).
Next Meeting
Next meeting will
be Wed., April 17 from 3:30 till 6:00 p.m. in Teague Library.
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